“We’re kind of entering the dog days of summer — so I had to pull out the dogs,” said meteorologist Larry Mowry as he tried to “pet” one of the virtual dogs that was “sitting” on the computer generated circular riser that appeared next to him in the station’s multipurpose standup and interview area.

Mowry used what appears to be the same dog Philadelphia meteorologist Cecily Tynan used but added a buddy for fido as he discussed both current and upcoming temperature trends using a “floating” map and bar chart.